Daily Sacrifice, May 17 (2:9)
“But I will sacrifice unto Thee with the voice of thanks giving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord”— Jonah 2:9.
IT took Jonah some time to learn that salvation is of the Lord. If we read this chapter carefully we find him quoting Scripture, but that did not avail to deliver him from the belly of the great sea-monster. He looked in spirit toward Jehovah’s temple, made vows, and offered prayers, but still he remained a prisoner in that dark dungeon; but the moment he turned from self altogether and cried, “Salvation is of the Lord,” Jehovah spoke unto the fish and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land. We too have to learn the same lesson. Self-effort avails nothing: the Lord alone saves the trusting soul.
—Hastings.